Species profile
Eopachypteryx praeterita
Eopachypteryx praeterita
Quick answer
Type locality and horizon. Messel near Darmstadt; early Eocene (Lenz et al. 2015). Referred specimens. SMF-ME 2426 (skeleton lacking the left leg; Fig. 1 B); SMF-ME 11033 A + B (cranial portion of skeleton on two slabs; Fig. 1 C, D).
- Scientific name
- Eopachypteryx praeterita
- Family
- Cathartidae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Eopachypteryx
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